Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity, usually no more than a few centimetres. Present and anticipated applications include contactless transactions, data exchange, and simplified setup of more complex communications such as Wi-Fi. Communication is also possible between an NFC device and an unpowered NFC chip, called a "tag".
This is a model of traffic control system which uses a detector to estimate the length of a queue and using that, sends a signal to the next traffic light to either change or stay the same.
Airline bookings: Going up to the counter to check in is old school. Today everybody either checks in online before going to the airport or they check in by mobile texts. - its a huge time savor
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/business/05air.html -- Airlines are trying to catch up with their use of technology at airports, even though booking flights is a lot easier the use of technology at airports has not changed for a long time.
Near field communication (NFC) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity, usually no more than a few centimetres. Present and anticipated applications include contactless transactions, data exchange, and simplified setup of more complex communications such as Wi-Fi. Communication is also possible between an NFC device and an unpowered NFC chip, called a "tag".
This is a model of traffic control system which uses a detector to estimate the length of a queue and using that, sends a signal to the next traffic light to either change or stay the same.
Airline bookings: Going up to the counter to check in is old school.
Today everybody either checks in online before going to the airport or they check in by mobile texts.
- its a huge time savor
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/05/business/05air.html -- Airlines are trying to catch up with their use of technology at airports, even though booking flights is a lot easier the use of technology at airports has not changed for a long time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20080621
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/millennium/00054.pdf - Information Technology in Transportation, Key Issues and Look Forward.